At the end of June 1649, the deep mountain logging team at the Estuary Wood Base was now temporarily suspended. Captain Lu Wangcai led the team back to the base at the mouth of the river to rest.

The timber in the lumber yard at the base of the estuary is now unplaced.

The people of the Hantang Group calculated that no matter from the perspective of charcoal production capacity or the demand for various woods, it could be turned around within half a month, so they recalled the deep mountain logging team and gave Captain Lu Wangcai and his team only half a month's vacation.

They've been working in the field for three months, and if they don't take a break, something will happen to Iron Man.

Captain Lu Wangcai had just rested for two days, and after hearing about the Chiji Agricultural Base, he took the initiative to come over to help, isn't it a wooden barrel, no matter how big the barrel is, it is also a wooden barrel; No matter how big a wooden box is, it's still a wooden box.

Making casks is technical. There is not a little bit of difficulty.

He first went to the processing plant in the wood base and saw that the manager of Jiangcheng was directing several technicians to use CNC woodworking machine tools to break materials. The wood knew that it was beech wood when it looked at the wood grain, and it had also been pre-treated.

At this time, the workshop squeaked, and the air was filled with the fragrance of beech wood.

Manager Jiang Cheng saw Captain Lu Wangcai coming in, greeted him with a smile, and said, "You can't stay still after just two days off?" ”

"Well, if I hadn't worked a little hard a while ago, I would have had enough rest for a day...... We've just returned to being young, and we can't hold back...... Are you a square tank? Diagonal is not easy to handle ......"

"No, otherwise the ancients wouldn't have dared to choose right angles, but rounded corners, or arc angles...... It's not a square, the diagonal has a radian, directly use CAD modeling, it's easy to calculate the number jù, and leave it to the CNC machine to deal with it......"

Captain Lu Wangcai looked at it for a while, and now that the technicians were more skilled than his own carpentry skills, he felt bored.

Manager Jiang Cheng said: "I can't finish this big guy today, if you have nothing to do, go to the factory contracted by those two Ming people to have a look and give guidance." Before, the quality of their casks was not good, so they had to deal with-"

"Got it, I'll take a look."

Along the way, he heard that the wooden (bamboo) ware factory was now processing wooden barrels using two methods, and he was immediately curious, so he walked quickly into the carpenter's workshop.

Li Si, who was helping with the work, saw another person from the Hantang Group, and immediately smiled all over his face and wanted to come forward to say hello. Captain Lu Wangcai waved his hand and told Li Si to ignore himself.

Captain Lu Wangcai looked at it with interest at first.

From the beginning, the two groups of people showed different styles.

After the Ming cooper broke the board with a wooden saw, he flicked the marks with the ink line, and then began to planing and filing to make a plate, and after making a plate, a cooper who looked older carefully roasted it on the charcoal stove and bent the arc with another craftsman.

A technician from the Hantang Group was filming a DV for two groups of them.

As soon as Captain Lu Wangcai saw that he knew him, he asked, "Xiao Liu, I just came back and heard that you returned to the security team, why did you do this again?" ”

Liu Yun replied: "Yes, but this time both crafts are quite interesting, and when I was asked for help, I volunteered to shoot." I have a question, why do those Dutch coopers use axes instead of saws? I asked them just now, and they said that they did it all this way, and they didn't understand why......"

Reflecting on his experience working in a carpentry factory, Rwancai said: "They may have become accustomed to making wine barrels, and splitting wood with an axe can help preserve the aroma of the wood itself......

"Ah, that's right, it makes sense, why did the Mingren cooper use a saw?"

"Xiao Liu, you think, the Ming people generally don't use wooden barrels to fill wine, they use ceramic vats...... This is more expensive and hassle-free than a barrel. ”

"Are barrels expensive?"

"It's expensive, it's labor, you see that several of them are busy working on a bucket...... I remember that there was a document that said that in the Southern Song Dynasty, a wooden barrel was sold for a consistent five. ”

"I'm cāo, it's not cheap. Two taels of silver...... Does it mean that their European ceramic craftsmanship is far inferior to ours? ”

"I know a little bit about woodwork, not the ceramics industry, but wooden barrels may have been more useful during the Great Voyages......"

After the older Mingren cooper finished the plate, I saw that the other Mingren coopers were all doing according to the number of this piece. The Akito coopher is the last barrel bottom.

The two Dutch coopers first made the bottom of the barrel, then also roasted the planed barrel over charcoal, then measured it with a ruler, and with the help of a semicircular iron frame, they used the iron hoop they used to hammer the bottom of the barrel. It's really a dead force.

The Akito coopher is also trying to put together the barrels in order to finalize the size of the bottom of the barrel. Fortunately, they also made use of some mortise and tenon rivet structures, which looked stronger and thicker than the Dutch coopers' barrels.

This is completely under the requirements of two purposes, under the two purposes, the introduction of different processes.

One emphasizes that it is used for wine and is also easy to transport; One emphasizes for holding water, but also for durability in use.

Captain Lu Wangcai wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it - in the end, he couldn't help it, so he waved his hand and called Li Si to come and ask. I directly understood the next step of the Mingren coomer, and it turned out that after they finally finished the hoop, they had to bury the twine soaked in tung oil into the crack.

"Ash bucket, is that how you make it?"

"That's not necessary, this time it's because the list says it's going to be liquid-"

"Then at this level, how much time can you do well?"

Li Si straightened his chest and said: "Good to teach adults to know, the list says that there is no need to paint the outer layer, so we can make three in two days to ensure that there is no leakage!" Not counting those two red hairy babies! ”

Captain Lu Wangcai scolded in his heart, it's awesome at this level! But on the outside, he held his breath, we don't have the same knowledge as the ancients.

"Hehe, you can just call me Captain Lu. What did the two Dutchmen do next? ”

"Captain Lu, the little ones know that after they have fastened the second iron sheet, they will put the barrel upside down on the ground and cover it over a brazier, and the next day the barrel will be compact, and the third and fourth will be easily tightened—they will need an extra hoop than us! Not as durable as us. ”

Captain Lu Wangcai said thoughtfully: "Yes, yes, even if the material is the same, how can they keep the shrinkage rate consistent after drying?" ”

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When Captain Rwancai saw that the two Dutch coopers were squeezing hard, he suddenly figured it out,, almost just hoop hard, it's as simple as that!

He thought too much, so he hurriedly changed the topic and asked:

"What about the two Dutch coopers?"

"Very good, very labor-disciplined - hmph, their family is in Holland Village, can they be disobedient?"

After Liu Yun roughly filmed the labor process of the two gangs, Captain Lu Wangcai couldn't bear it anymore.

He shouted, "What are you two doing?!" Are you slower? Stop me all! Now it's all at my command. ”

Captain Lu Wangcai called a few of his subordinates and said, if you point to this gang of coopers to make a hundred, then you will get the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse, forget it, let's help, the gang of people in the wood base is busy with a big guy.

Fortunately, the team members can understand it, and they gathered together without saying a word.

Li Si looked at the anxious back of Captain Lu Wangcai, smiled in his heart, and he whispered to Wang San: "What's the matter, what I said is very true, right?" ”

Wang San said with a smile on his face: "Of course, when did the fourth brother miss it?" ”

Li Si's face changed again in front of everyone, and he said loudly: "One qiē action, but listen to the command, don't act rashly!" ”

After speaking, he stroked his beard with a smile and looked at everyone with satisfaction, including the two red-haired people's Nono response.

It's a good feeling to be a factory manager! Wang San beside him also straightened his chest-

The estuary wood base has now taken shape. In addition to the initial drying method with the dragon ditch, several other storage methods were designed for different wood uses.

The largest amount of wood used is the wood that has been processed by the cooking method.

The people of the Hantang Group use the steam boiler to provide high-temperature water and steam to cook the wood, so that after disposal, the grease in the wood will naturally overflow, and some deeply hidden insect eggs can not escape the end of extermination, and the Hantang Group does not give them the slightest chance to harm the wood - after such disposal, they will be sent to the drying room for dehydration and drying.

The drying chamber is controlled by steam pipes. Therefore, without the drawbacks of the Dilonggou drying method, it is easy to keep the moisture in the wood in the range of 10% to 14%.

Captain Lu Wangcai decided to use cedar wood directly, which is lighter, and because the wood grain is relatively straight, the utilization rate of the material is higher. In both cases, fir is a little more suitable than beech, although it is a bit stronger.

In fact, most of the Ming coopers also used it to process buckets, basins and other objects. However, they did not have the opportunity to use the stored timber from the estuary wood base, so they had to process it themselves.

In the wood industry, there is no concept of garbage or solid waste, and wood is a treasure all over the body, of course, there is a difference in cost. But in this 17th century time and space, in a world of great material abundance, the Han Tang Group did not need to have the concept of cost savings - but the habit was formed, even if it was twenty years younger, it still could not be changed for a moment - the influence of that world was really profound.

The members of the logging team replaced the bamboo processing machine that had been recovered with a few parts and put it at the mercy of another woodworking machine.

Captain Rwancai also found a wooden barrel from a Spanish winery at the beginning of the 20th century, which was also a fir wood product.

After Captain Lu Wangcai directly reported a few counts, some of the team members directly started the machine to break the material. Other team members went to cut the iron sheet used for the hoop barrel and cut the material directly.

Fortunately, the iron sheets were only rolled from 17th century time and space, and the team members had no trouble handling them.

The broken barrels are used by the workers who come with them to carry them directly to the steam disposal workshop. Captain Rwancai decided to use high-temperature water vapor forming technology directly, which is conducive to unifying standards and speeding up production efficiency.

Finally, let them go to the collective hoop barrel in a unified manner, and after a process, they should be able to complete the work within three days.

Who has time to wait for you to break the material a little bit, bake it a little bit with charcoal, and bake it a little bit with a hoop bucket. No matter how high your hand-making skills are, can you make a hundred wooden barrels of a uniform standard?

Two Dutch coopers were stunned by the creaking woodworking machine, how did this happen? It may be possible that Akito has never seen a circular saw, but they use it a lot, but how can it turn so fast?

Wang San scolded, go to work, haven't you seen a woodworking machine tool?!

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